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120 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
GEORGE MILLER TO HIS WIFE. NOVEMBER 1, 1889. 
Wabagteze ¢a” b¢ize ha, sidadi gua¢ica® te’di. Ca” 
Letter the 1 took it 3 yesterday beyond when. And 
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1 ¢a-maji 1ega-Maji Je iwi" ¢ana Ke. a” wackan -ga 
I am sad I am very 7 word you told to me the. Yet . persevere. 
Ma zéska g¢cba cug¢éwiki¢é. G¢céba-na”ba cug¢éa¢é ka®- 
Money ten I send home to you. Twenty I send to you I 
b¢édega™ uqpa¢é i¢ayuhé ha. Mir ¢é céna wi, cag¢é ta 
wished, but itgetslost Lapprehend . Moon this enough when, I will start 
home 
minke. A™ba caki ta té’ uwib¢a ta minke, wabag¢eze 
to you. Day Iwillreach the 1 will tell you, letter 
you again 
i¢a®ba” widaxe yi. Ca™ ¢iyinu éskana a”ba caki-maji té’ 
a second Imaketo when. And yourelder oh that day Idonot reach the 
time you brother you again 
ceta” aA¢ikihide te, b¢dha®. Ui¢a-gia. Ma’ zéska ¢i* b¢i‘a- 
so far he watches’ will, I pray him. Tell iin: Money thecol. I will 
over you ob. alto- 
qti-ma™ ta minke. Ki ci’ akihide ¢i¢in’ge, ecé-ga" éwa™ 
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gether fail to acquire. And again to attend you have no you said, itis the 
to one, as cause 
ga” ug¢é qti cag¢é tagminke. Wicti wisi¢ai té a”ba i¢aug¢e, 
as very soon I will start home to you. I too Iremem- the every day, 
bered you 
i’ ¢a-maji ha. (hiadi ui¢a-ga ha, wabaji’a’ ¢é té ceta™” ag¢i- 
Ihave beensad . Your tell him ! he aan meto the sofar she has 
father bring a message not 
baji. December té'di ag¢i ‘i¢é, waqi”ha g¢i¢ai, ca", ya™be 
come December when to come she paper she has yet, I see her 
back. back — prom- sent back, 
ises, 
da” cté-ma™ fh yan ba-maji da” cté, cag¢é ta minke, eb¢e- 
I may I do not see her perhaps, I will start home to you, 
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ga”. Ma" cihigi® é Awake. Sastt aka é& te witakié ha, 
i ink. The one (eagle) her I mean her. Frank the that the  Ispoke to 
my. on high sub. him (7?) about it 
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ic‘age ie eqi té, ga” Ma ciha¢i" ui¢a ‘i¢ai, ya™ba-maji 
oldman word his theob., and The one (eagle) to tell he I do not see her 
my.on high her prom- 
ised 
, o NEP N . , , us / fe: os Rae bia bee ro} viye 
cageé yi. (féakd (isi aké écti ga” gahi iaf tédthi yi, di 
IT start if. Thisone Dorsey the hetoo atany they speak by the when, there 
lome sub. rate in council time that 
uihe ‘i¢e, igaska” ¢é ‘i¢ai. Ga™ wab¢aha*, “Kagéha, uiyan-o& 
to join has tomakeanat- he has And I entreated him, O friend, help him 
prom- ° tempt prom- 
ised ised 
cage ¢inké. Ca™ ni‘a ctéctéwa™, ca” éskana u¢éya"™ ka?- 
oldman — the st. ob. And you fail even if, yet oh that you aid I 
him 
b¢éga",” ehé ha. Ga @até é¢adi-ga, waqi”ha ga¢a". Caki 
I hope, Isaid -. And that read to him, paper ~ that T reach 
(subject) (writing). you 
avain 
tedihi yi, pi uéb¢a ta minke. 
by the when, anew I will tell it to Lim. 
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